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* ''Volume V: The Home Front, France Flanders and Italy in the First World War''. ''Volume VI: Gallipoli, Macedonia, Egypt and Palestine 1914-18''. ''Volume VII: Campaigns in Mesopotamia and East Africa, and the inter-war period, 1918-38''. Volumes 5-7 edited by H.L. Pritchard, published 1952.
*''Volume VIII: Campaigns in France and Belgium, 1939-40; Norway, Middle East, East Africa, Western Desert, North West Africa, and activities in the U.K''. by Major-General R. P. Pakenham-Walsh.
:''Volume IX: Campaigns in Sicily and Italy; the War Against Japan; North-west Europe, 1944-45; minor and non-operational areas; post-war, 1945-48'' by Major-General R. P. Pakenham-Walsh. Both published 1958. Note: ''War Against Japan'' includes c 200 pages regarding India, Burma, Hong Kong and Malaya. <ref>idler . [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/59890-book-content-question-r-e-history/?p=692731 Book content question: R E History] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 13 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2105</ref>
*'' Volume X: 1945-1960''. ''Volume XI: 1960 to 1980''. ''Volume XII: 1980-2000''.
 
==Regimental flash==
The flash, also known as a pagri (puggaree) badge, was generally affixed to the pagri on the sun helmet. Both RA and RE were equal bands of red and blue and blue and red (i.e. reversed from right to left) respectively.<ref>FROGSMILE. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=164297&p=1597197 Help needed ID-ing unit flash on pith helmet] ''Great War Forum'' 30 May 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2016.</ref>
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